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Gummo

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Movie about an impoverished town razed by a tornado, referenced to criticize someone comparing their daily annoyances to actual civilizational decline

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"I got brunch with my mom today and it felt like a scene out of Gummo. We sat outside and two ~~scholars~~ youths were milling about in the street, yelling and pushing each other every so often."
"I don't like coming off mean-spirited like this but if you experience a series things you find personally off-putting and your first thought is to compare your life to Gummo, a movie about an impoverished town that gets razed by a tornado, you need a reality check and so does everybody else who uncr"
"Also my mom, in the *Gummo*-style area of Tennessee in the 80's, somehow acquired a copy of *Dianetics* by L. Ron Hubbard and said it "really got her thinking," and did not elaborate further."
What low-brow art/media do you have a soft spot for? · u/Iggy_Farben · ↑32 · 2025-06-01
"I've seen Gummo +20 times and every time I was on DXM... I watched Gummo, Fear and Loathing, and the Yellow Submarine countless times over the span of high school. I've literally never seen them while NOT on an entire box of coricidin cough and cold pills"
I've seen Gummo +20 times and every time I was on DXM · u/pinksnotpinksnot · ↑34 · 2023-10-08
"3 movies about the USA i LOVE are Do the Right Thing, Forrest Gump, Gummo"
Movies "about the USA"? · u/scarletfilm · ↑26 · 2023-02-27
"Aside from Gummo, any good films recommendations about white trash?"
Aside from Gummo, any good films recommendations about white trash? · u/iwanttobeapencil · ↑25 · 2021-03-08
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